Legal Opinion
Jenoff v. Hearst Corp.
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided June 27, 1978No. Civ. H-75-692PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
ALEXANDER HARVEY, II, District Judge:
In this libel action, 1 plaintiff Leonard Jenoff is seeking damages from the Hearst Corporation, which publishes The News American. 2 Plaintiff’s second amended complaint alleges in forty-six Counts that seven different stories which appeared in various editions of defendant’s newspapers between December 22 and December 31, 1974 and on February 7, 1975 were libelous. Each odd-numbered Count asserts a cause of action based on the alleged malicious publication by defendant of defamatory statements, and each even-numbered Count asserts a…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- St. Amant v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Curtis Publishing Co. v. ButtsSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Rosenblatt v. BaerSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Berkey v. DeliaCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1980
- Fitzgerald v. Penthouse International, Ltd.District Court, D. Maryland · 1981
- Fletcher v. San Jose Mercury NewsCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1989
- Leonard Jenoff v. The Hearst CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1981
- Marcone v. Penthouse Internatinal, Ltd.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1983
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